Bill Nighy
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
William Francis Nighy (born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Tony Award. Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with The Illuminatus! in 1977. There he gained acclaim for his roles in David Hare's Pravda in 1985, Harold Pinter's Betrayal ...
Known For
Filmography
500 Miles
2026
& Sons
2026
as Andrew
Shelter
2026
as Manafort
Bulk
2026
as The Voice
This Is the Beginning
2025
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
2025
as Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
10 Lives
2024
as Professor Craven (voice)
The First Omen
2024
as Cardinal Lawrence
Joy
2024
as Patrick Steptoe
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024
as Conrad (voice)
The Wild Robot
2024
as Longneck (voice)
That Christmas
2024
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
The Beautiful Game
2024
as Mal
Kent: Garden of England
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Role Play
2023
as Bob
Darkling
2023
Spectre of the Bear
2023
as Bennett (voice)
Bloody Fury
2023
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022
as Self
Living
2022
as Williams
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
as Thomas Jerome Newton
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Buckley's Chance
2021
as Spencer
Lotus: A New Dawn
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Emma.
2020
as Mr. Woodhouse
Minamata
2020
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
2020
as Self
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
as Howard Clifford
The Kindness of Strangers
2019
as Timofey
Hope Gap
2019
as Edward
Sometimes Always Never
2019
as Alan
StarDog and TurboCat
2019
as Sinclair (voice)
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Ordeal by Innocence
2018
as Leo Argyll
Their Finest
2017
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
The Bookshop
2017
as Mr. Brundish
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
as Billy Mack
Castlevania
2017
as Saint Germain (voice)
Norm of the North
2016
as Socrates (voice)
Dad's Army
2016
as Sergeant Wilson
The Limehouse Golem
2016
as John Kildare
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Douglas Ainslie
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
I, Frankenstein
2014
as Naberius
Pride
2014
as Cliff
Turks & Caicos
2014
as Johnny Worricker
Salting the Battlefield
2014
as Johnny Worricker
National Theatre Live: Skylight
2014
as Tom Sergeant
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
as General Fallon
The World's End
2013
as The Network (voice)
About Time
2013
as Dad
Great White Shark
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
as Graham Greene (voice)
The Hungry Corpse
2013
as The Hungry Corpse
Total Recall
2012
as Matthias
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Douglas Ainslie
Wrath of the Titans
2012
as Hephaestus
London: The Modern Babylon
2012
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Rango
2011
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Grandsanta (voice)
Real Creatures of Dirt
2011
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
Page Eight
2011
as Johnny Worricker
Chalet Girl
2011
as Richard Madsen
Astonish Me
2011
as The Professor
The Man with the Stolen Heart
2011
as Narrator
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Rufus Scrimgeour
Wild Target
2010
as Victor Maynard
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009
as Viktor
Glorious 39
2009
as Alexander Keyes
Astro Boy
2009
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
The Boat That Rocked
2009
as Quentin
G-Force
2009
as Leonard Saber
The Big Art Project
2009
as Narrator
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
10 Minute Tales
2009
as Mr Jellaby
Valkyrie
2008
as Friedrich Olbricht
Slapper
2008
as Arnold Percy
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Davy Jones
Hot Fuzz
2007
as Met Chief Inspector
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
as Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Davy Jones
Notes on a Scandal
2006
as Richard Hart
Underworld: Evolution
2006
as Viktor
Flushed Away
2006
as Whitey (voice)
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006
as Self
Stormbreaker
2006
as Alan Blunt
We Love Cigarettes
2006
as Narrator
The Constant Gardener
2005
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Slartibartfast
The Girl in the Café
2005
as Lawrence
The Magic Roundabout
2005
as Dylan (voice)
Gideon's Daughter
2005
as Gideon Warner
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
as Self
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
as Self
Meerkat Manor
2005
as Narrator
Doctor Who
2005
as Dr Black
Shaun of the Dead
2004
as Phillip
Enduring Love
2004
as Robin
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004
as Phil Parish
Burst
2004
as Maxwell's Fan 22
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
2004
as Self - Narrator
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
He Knew He Was Right
2004
as Colonel Osborne
Underworld
2003
as Viktor
Love Actually
2003
as Billy Mack
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
2003
I Capture the Castle
2003
as James Mortmain
The Young Visiters
2003
as Earl of Clincham
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
as Self - Narrator
State of Play
2003
as Cameron Foster
The Lost Prince
2003
as Stamfordham
Canterbury Tales
2003
as James
Grumpy Old Men
2003
as Self
Lawless Heart
2002
as Dan
AKA
2002
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Lockwood
Timeshift
2002
as self (voice)
Lucky Break
2001
as Roger
Blow Dry
2001
as Ray Robertson
Richard & Judy
2001
as Self
Longitude
2000
as Lord Sandwich
Black Books
2000
as Man at bar
Longitude
2000
as Lord Sandwich
Guest House Paradiso
1999
as Mr. Johnson
The Bass Player
1999
People Like Us
1999
as Will Rushmore
Still Crazy
1998
as Ray Simms
Parkinson
1998
as Self
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Edward Gardner
True Blue
1996
as Jeremy Saville
Alive and Kicking
1996
as Tristan
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Belshazzar (voice)
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Giles Culpepper QC
Being Human
1994
as Julian
Wycliffe
1994
as David Cleeve
Unnatural Causes
1993
as Oliver Latham
The Maitlands
1993
as Roger Maitland
Don't Leave Me This Way
1993
as John Tracey
Peak Practice
1993
as Alan Sinclair
Eye of the Storm
1993
as Tom Frewen
A Masculine Ending
1992
as John Tracey
Absolute Hell
1991
as Hugh Marriner
Performance
1991
as Roger Maitland
Performance
1991
as Hugh Marriner
Antonia and Jane
1990
as Howard Nash
Making News
1990
as Sam Courtney
Chillers
1990
as Tom Dickenson
Mack the Knife
1989
as Tiger Brown
The Phantom of the Opera
1989
as Martin Barton
South Of The Border
1988
as Tony Freason
This Morning
1988
as Self
Thirteen at Dinner
1985
as Ronald Marsh
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Helmut Hoffmann
The Last Place on Earth
1985
as Cecil Meares
The Little Drummer Girl
1984
as Al
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as ENT Doctor
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
as Jeffrey Grainger
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Goschen
Easter 2016
1982
as Connor Mullan
Under the Skin
1982
as Dave
Eye of the Needle
1981
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
as Officer
Fox
1980
as Colin Street
Dreams of Leaving
1980
as William
Death Watch
1980
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Standing in for Henry
1980
as Bruno
Fox
1980
as Colin Street
Deasey (Desperate)
1979
as Deasy
Agony
1979
as Vincent Fish
Minder
1979
as Oates
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
as Bill
Occupy!
1976
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Playhouse
1974
as Bruno
Play for Today
1970
as Dave